Vladimir Putin Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More StarsUnfolded

May 2024 · 2 minute read
Controversies• Time & again, Putin has been accused of controlling and influencing the Russian media. For instance, in 2008, when the liberal newspaper 'Moskovsky Korrespondent' reported that Putin was planning to marry a rhythmic gymnast named Alina Kabayeva, the editor was forced to resign within hours.

• In July 2016, Putin signed the controversial 'Big-Brother Law'. According to this law, every telecom/internet service provider has to store users' calls, messages, photographs and videos for six months, as well as metadata for up to three years. Although, this law has been passed to curb the menace of terrorism, many service providers said that storing so much data would cost them as much as 4 times their annual profit. Moreover, this bill interferes with the private lives of Russian citizens.

• In November 2014, at the APEC summit, Putin made a warm gesture by wrapping a shawl around China's First Lady, Peng Liyuan. Soon after this video surfaced online, many people started doubting Putin's intentions. As China is traditionally conservative on public interaction between unrelated men and women, the public show of consideration by Putin was not taken in the way it was intended to be. As a result, the video was completely scrubbed from Chinese TV & Internet.

• In 2014, Putin led Russian government was accused of shooting down a Malaysian passenger Plane, MH-17, flying over the troubled region of eastern Ukraine, which killed all 298 passengers on-board. Putin has denied any wrongdoing and was quoted as saying, "If MH-17 crashed in Ukraine, it is Ukraine's fault."

• Allegedly, Putin has also been associated with the assassinations of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko & politician rival Boris Nemtsov.

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